The York Guardian, October 22, 2015

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As their candidate fell further and further behind on election might, some Conservative organizers assembled at Joe Oliver’s campaign party at the Toronto Cricket Club were able to take solace the other team in blue – the Toronto Blue Jays – was well on its way to victory. But for Liberal Marco Oliver, a comeMendicino back wasn’t in the offing and vows to help t h e f e d e ra l ‘write a new finance minchapter’ for ister lost by Canada nearly 6,000 votes to Marco Mendicino, returning EglintonLawrence to the Liberals after a four-year sojourn. The former prosecutor also took nearly 50 per cent of the riding’s vote share. The NDP’s Andrew Thomson finished a distant third, 350 votes ahead of fourth-place Matthew Chisholm for the Green Party. Mendicino’s victory was one of many local delights for the Liberals who swept all of Toronto, pushing several prominent Tories and NDP incumbents out of the House of Commons in the process. At his campaign party near Dufferin Street and Orfus Road, >>>jobs, page 7

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York South-Weston MP-elect Liberal candidate Ahmed Hussen, left, and wife Abyan address supporters at his election night headquarters at the Central Bar and Grill.

Rookie returns riding to its roots Liberal Ahmed Hussen unseats NDP incumbent Mike Sullivan to take York South-Weston by more than 20,000 votes FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com York South-Weston is going back to its Liberal roots. N D P i n c u m b e n t Mi k e

Sullivan was ousted from office once the votes were tallied in the Monday, Oct. 19 federal election, losing to Liberal political rookie Ahmed Hussen. Sullivan, who was elected to

the Liberal stronghold riding in 2011, received 13,203 votes, while Hussen, a lawyer, raked in 20,091 to capture 46.1 per cent of the ballots. “Myself and my team are very

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